Severity is the extent in which a components impacts the channel business plan! ~8 `0 F9 K& B' E8 H$ s
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Critical is an intolerable failure that results in a direct impact on the channel business plan
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Non-critical is a tolerable failure that results in a indirect impact on the channel business plan w6 T, x5 F8 E% \' G; S5 G1 a
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Tolerable means that it is an acceptable failure but requires further analysis to define maintainability2 g- c" h$ p* B. W
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Intolerable means that it is not an acceptable failure and requires analysis to define failure prevention/prediction( ]) ~1 e" e$ A/ D# k* s3 A3 m: x
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